Overview
Emperor Ming was a ruler.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 498 永泰元年秋七月己酉At Hall of Correct Blessing 正福殿Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 178, 180
Age
- 47AD 498 永泰元年秋七月己酉 · Reckoning SuiDated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 180
Attested activity
- AD 498 永泰元年三月戊申Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 162, 218
- AD 498 永泰元年秋七月己酉Dated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 178, 180
Career and standing
- emperor 帝Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 180
Places and affiliations
- Polity Southern Qi 南齊 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 180
- At Xing'an Tomb 興安陵 · Relation Buried atDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 186
Learning and skills
- Belief arts of the Way 道術 · Relation Practitioner ofDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 196
- Skill stratagems and divination 計數 · Level practicedDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 196
Works and attributed material
- AD 498 永泰元年三月戊申Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 162-166, 218
- AD 498 永泰元年秋七月己酉Testament · AuthorDated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 180-185
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 193
Events and relationships
- Abolished and sold crown prince Eastern FieldsDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 191
- Abolished New Forest Park and returned landDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 190
- BuriedFunerary · Deceased · At Xing'an Tomb 興安陵Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 186
- Changed era name and pardoned prisonersAD 498 永泰元年夏四月甲寅 · Political · RulerDated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 167, 218
- Inspected Grand Provisioner drainage to block Rear Lake waterPersonal · Actor · At Grand Provisioner's runoff channel 太官行水溝Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 202, 204
- Never performed southern suburb riteRitual · Ruler · Negated trueDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 197
Show 3 more source-backed claims
- Ordered restoration of Confucius sacrificesDated from the passage context · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 162, 166, 218
- Planned to divert Huai southward but died before completionPersonal · ActorDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 204-205
- Stripped gold and silver from Yongming carriages and boatsAD 483 to AD 493 永明中 · Administrative · RulerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 192
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment clear-sighted and talented as an administrator; held to the law without favoritism · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 187
- Assessment reined in favorites and kept ministers in order · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 188
- Assessment suspicious and full of cares, hence frequent executions · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 195
- Assessment thrifty; forbade humble-born attendants four-panel umbrellas · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 189
- fell ill; long kept secret; sought white fish as medicineIllnessDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passages 198-199
- wore crimson robes and red ornaments as apotropaic charmRitual practiceDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 200
References in the histories
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